Hieracium sinoaestivum Sennikov sp. nov. is described as new to science and illustrated. This presumably apomictic species is solely known from two old collections made in a single locality in the Shanxi Province of China. It belongs to the hybridogenous group Hieracium sect. Aestiva (Hieracium sect. Prenanthoidea × Hieracium sect. Umbellata) and is most similar to Hieracium veresczaginii from ...

Major element studies of fluid inclusions in fibrous and cloudy diamonds reveal that most inclusions trapped high density fluids (HDFs) with a wide range of composition. The compositions fall along two arrays between three end-members: carbonatitic to hydroussilicic and carbonatitic to hydrous-saline. Recent studies of diamonds from Siberia and Kankan (Navon et al., 2008; Weiss et al., 2008) fu...

The features of the industrial development Siberian region at end 17th — first quarter 18th centuries are studied. analysis legislative and clerical, statistical sources, generalization systematization results research in field handicraft manufacturing production late made it possible to identify degree influence Peter I’s reforms on this process. It is concluded that period under review, main ...

In 2015, a dialectological field study was conducted in three villages of the Irkutsk Oblast Eаstern Siberia (Pikhtinsk, Sredniy Pikhtinsk and Dagnik), inhabited by so-called Siberian Hollanders. This article presents recordings interviews with four speakers dialect, originally West Ukrainian, commentary on its phonetics regard to strong Russian influence upon system. It remains be hoped that t...

Nine new species of the genus Folsomia are described from Buryatia (Russia, East Siberia): F. biparis sp. nov., F. fumosa sp. nov., F. heterothorax sp. nov., F. maximovi sp. nov., F. pseudovtorovi sp. nov., F. sensivillosa sp. nov., F. uniparis sp. nov., F. uniramia sp. nov., and F. vitimica sp. nov. A complete list and a key to species recorded in the Buryatia are given, and their morphology, ...

Gastropoda are an important component of the freshwater benthic communities Western Siberia and participate in a number trophic relationships as intermediate hosts trematodes. The purpose this study is defining ratio Bithyniidae mollusks between other gastropods with regard to species diversity, compile all information about abundance bithyniid snails that we examined over 27 years four major b...

The article is devoted to the problem of origin iron metallurgy and formation first large metallurgical center in territory Southern Siberia. On basis archaeological radiocarbon data, it was concluded that not a single iron-smelting furnace Scythian time southern Siberia known. oldest smelting sites appeared region 1st century BC — AD were associated with Xiongnu traditions building oval furnac...